Samantha's big season
Chennai: With eight movies releasing this year, in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, time is a premium for Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Last Sunday was the first day she had taken off to herself in six months and two hours were spent fielding interviews.
Travelling on the job has taken her from Pollachi to Canada. As for her projects, besides Gautham Menon's trilingual, there is 'Eega', directed by Rajamouli, 'Autonagar Surya' by Deva Katta, 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu' by Srikant,
'Kadal' by Mani Ratnam, 'Yevado' by Vamsi Paidipally and two more untitled films in Telugu.
Last seen in Tamil as the bubbly and energetic Priya in 2010's 'Baana Kathadi', the actress plans to surprise us with Nithya, the character she plays in Menon's 'Neethane En Ponvasantham', and the Hindi and Telugu versions.
More from Samantha:
'Neethane En Ponvasantham' has been the most exciting project this year with my favourite director. It is a romcom and I play the role of a college kid.
The movie describes the journey of the guy and the girl and could be anybody's story. There are so many scenes that I relate to.
It has been an exhausting affair. It is a trilingual and I am the heroine in all three.
It has been taxing to do the same role in three languages but what I enjoyed is that all the three actors, be it Jiiva, Nani or Aditya Roy Kapoor, have their own take on each scene. It helped me broaden my perspective and imagination.
Gautham brings out the best in an actor. The styling for me in the movie is very energetic and vibrant. The characters are not glossy, flashy or melodramatic.
I am not a trained actress. I have never been to a film school and movies happened because I was modeling during college.
I am sure it has worked for a few but I do not believe in the school of acting. I learn from my experience and from what I see around me.
My inspiration is movies not a person. My favourites are Casablanca (1942) and Avatar (2009).
I am from the South and I am not chasing Bollywood. Gautham asked if I would like to do the Hindi version of 'Neethane En Ponvasantham' and I accepted.
News Posted: 25 March, 2012
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